20 April 2011

Making external monitor the primary monitor in Linux

Making some monitor, a primary monitor is a matter of having the panels on that monitor. No one wants to work on one monitor that has panels of its machine on the other one. I have tried this on Red Hat Enterprise 6.
Here's a step-by-step way of moving a panel to another screen:

Right-click the panel you wish to move and select "Properties".

Uncheck the "Expand" option under the "General" tab.

Grab one of the edges of the panel by clicking on the left or right end (top or bottom end for vertical panels).

Drag the bar to the desired screen and position.

Check the "Expand" option in the "Panel Properties" window and click "Close".